Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

i!l PREMIER POSTS .... CONTINGENCY BUCKS FOR rf: SPEEDWAY ~ N ro- en ;g w Z W ..J U >- U worth working for. We have a lot o f organizations a n d we tend to think that th ey will protect us. Not so. The AMA an d th e :\lI C a re b oth bu siness owned and op e ra te d . T h ey ma y d o so me good th in gs. but on ly wh e n it ' s go od fo r business. Y ou d on 't b elieve me ? Mo t o r c y c l i s t s e v er y w h ere are o v e rwh e l m ingly again st h elmet legislation . This is a legi slation th at's easy to be at. all it ta kes is m oney . Neither th e AMA nor the MIC has put up a red ce n t to figh t th is :\IOTORCYCLlST's fight. And we've lo st e ve ry w he re. T he re's n o p rofit in b ea ting h elmet legisla tion an d so th e A1\IA an d MIC d on't ca re. T he re are o the r o rga n izatio n s that are p rimarily com pe tit io n o rien te d. These ma y get inv olved in some th ing th at dire ctly a ffec ts th em, bu t not o the rwi se . Th e re are a co up le of con su me r group s th a t are doing so me go o d things (the Four Owners Clu b an d suc h) but th ey 're limited in scop e . Onl y l\IORE rep rese n ts a ll o f u s. Butl\IORE is o n e man an d he's d oin g a specific job th at precludes m an y o f th e o ther thin gs th at need doing. 1\'0, th ere is n o o ne to d o it fo r us : we mu st d o it o u rselves. D o yo u ca re a bou t y o ur sp ort ? D o y ou care enough that you ca n p er su ad e yourse lves a n d the members of your club and your frie n ds to do a lillie so mething on a regu lar basis? Do you thi nk you can be con ce rn ed about th e righ ts of a ll mo torcyclists? Can y ou be as co nce rned with the chopper rider's righ t to ride in d irty cu t-offs as y o u ar e ab o u t y our o wn right 10 ride without a helme t ? If so, I'd like to make a su gge sti on. Cet to gether w ith your group and p ick so me b ody to be a contact. Send m e his name a n d ad d ress an d also th e n am e and address of y ou r group . If I ge t a few responses, I' ll ge t in contact wit h !\lORE, the Fo u r Owners Club. th e various A1\1A Distric ts , the Hell ' s A ngels a n d any o the r motorcycle groups 1 can think of an d I'll find e u t wh at piece o f beaurocra ti c n on sen se is bugging them most. Then I'll try t o dream up three intere sting an d e asy assign me n ts fo r the gr o u p to do every tw o weeks. Mostl y, it' ll be letter writing stuff, bu t I'll try to apply some imagin at ion a n d come up with so m e more intere stin g th in gs, too . Maybe Chuck Tinch, president of Premier Hel m e ts o f Westmin st er, co n firm ed th at Premier will establish a con tingen cy program o f $ 3 0 0 0 for the 1972 Speedway seas o n. " Premie r will p ay $5 0 to the winner of all Hand icap 1\ lain and S cr atch Main Events duri n g 197 2 a t th e C ost a Mesa tr ack." e xplain ed T inc h . "If a rid er wi n s b oth even ts we ar in g o u r helmets we 'H p rcsen t him a chec k for $ 10 0 p e r me et. Th e rid er m u st b e we arin g a Premier hel met and d ispl aying a Premi er st icker and p at ch on h is leathers. We m a y expand o ur co n tin ge n cy p ro gram to oth er tr ac ks in th e future." Among those rider s a lrea dy in the Premier ca m p ar e Ri c k Wo ods. Ed Willia m s an d fo rm e r world champion Ivan Mau ger. For info o n th e contingency prizes. co n tact Premier a t , , 14 / 8 9 2 -6 6 9 I. --LEVEL RACING INSURANCE S . Harris Pin sky formerly of Michael Bender & Associates, In c. is pl eas ed t o an nounce the h e is n ow as so cia ted w ith Century United Agencies. Mr. Pin sky st ates th at this new affiliation w ill enable him to offe r broader cover age at lower rates and mo re pe rsonalized servi ce. If anyo ne is inte rested in Ra cin g Ins urance on a n y level may contact Mr . Pinsky at (21 3) 5 5 3-3 5 1 I. Or write Century Unit ed Agencie s. 1888 Century Park East, L o s Angeles , California 90067. NOPE, ESCAPE AIN'T CLOSED COUNTRY j im Ro b in so n , owne r of Orange County's Es cape Cou ntry, h as asked us to pass a lo n g the word that his m o torcy cle park is d efin ite ly n o t cl o sin g. "The County h as in stru ct ed u s to co nvert a t least 25 % of our c am p in g sites to p er m a n ent facili ties - in other wo rds, p lumbing and ele ctricity," said Robi n so n . "\\'e'rl: in the proces s of d oin g that n ow a n d h ave h ad 10 cu r tail camping un til the p rojec t is co mp le te d . Ho weve r, the m otorcy cle a nd minibike p arks in Escape Coun try remain ope n seven d ay s a week . We 'll reopen camping with in three weeks. In th e meantime, c ome o n o u t ." E xp lo re our n ew new & us · :1 liiilii~ ES0 SPEEDW BIKES l .A.P. P .G.'s& ~ 'e d s C y cle s ROUGH RIDER ROOM Le vi's - leathers - b oots glo ves - MX pants $39.95 up 1 ~ 8 S . M ai n Fallb o k , C a lif . 92028 ,714) 728-8638 DUCAT I SUZUKI CITY 728 S. La Brea In gle w o od , Ca. 90301 (213) 674·1431 .---------------------. _ Droste Jumps Steve .t Over Cars. Wins Nationals. DA VE ALDANA, STEVE HERNANDEZ, AND T HE BEST PROFESSIONAL RIDERS COMPETE FOR $3,000 . $6,000 PURSE - JUM E SS P R TONEAND DUFFEY ATTEM IN O R R C DISTA CE JUM PT D O E ORD N P. . PHOENIX COLISEUM FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1972 SAN DI EGO SPORTS AR ENA JUNE 3, 19 7 2 SIGN UP AT 5:00 P.M. RACING ST A RTS AT 8:00 P.M. CHAMPAGN E SERVE D IN THE PITS I. l' res ell !ed by Spectrum I'reselllal itlfl S , at ~.I !tI C . • • • • • • * and runs an exhaust system built by 14 *YAM A HA GO LD CUP MILE NAT IONAL - APRIL 3D, PIKES PEAK, COLO 1st JUNIOR - STEVE DROSTE Now ava ilab le f rom Bob Ba iley 's - h igh p erfo rman ce 4 st roke ex ha ust system s f or· Yama h a, BSA, Trium ph, Norton, and Hartey-Davidson, Bob Bailey's / P.O. Box 2048 / Gardena, Calif. 90247 •••

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